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March 9, 2014 |By JAKE ELLISON

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, a Lebanese woman, who only gave her first name as Bahiya, speaks while not showing her face for fear of reprisals, describes how her husband of nearly 20 years regularly beat her with his hands and a stick, during an interview with The Associated Press, in the office of the women's rights group Kafa in Beirut, Lebanon. With the help of Kafa, Arabic for "Enough," she was able to get a divorce recently and won custody of her four daughters. Although Lebanon appears very progressive on women rights compared to other countries in the Middle East, domestic violence remains an unspoken problem and the nation's parliament has yet to vote on a bill protecting women's rights nearly three years after it was approved by the Cabinet.

Bilal Hussein/AP

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, a Lebanese woman, who only gave her first name as Bahiya, speaks while not showing her face for fear of reprisals, describes how her husband of nearly 20 years regularly beat her with his hands and a stick, during an interview with The Associated Press, in the office of the women's rights group Kafa in Beirut, Lebanon. With the help of Kafa, Arabic for "Enough," she was able to get a divorce recently and won custody of her four daughters. Although Lebanon appears very progressive on women rights compared to other countries in the Middle East, domestic violence remains an unspoken problem and the nation's parliament has yet to vote on a bill protecting women's rights nearly three years after it was approved by the Cabinet.